Database of Federal Statute Popular Names
Title | Type | Popular Name | Short Title | Named For? | Classification | PL | Statute At Large | Date(s) Enacted | Interesting Part Statutized? | Leads to other named Legislation | Link/Source | Notes |
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Bland Change of Masters Act | Sponsor | Bland Change of Masters Act | NO short title | Rep. Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA) | ch. 159, 53 Stat 794 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000545 |
no name in statute | ||||
Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | Institution | Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act | "Robert A. Taft Institute Assistance Act" | Sen. Robert A. Taft (OH) | 96-374, title XIII, part H, subpart 1 (section 1371) | 94 Stat 1502 | Y |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000009 |
short title; giving money to Robert A. Taft Institute of Government | |||
ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | Abbreviation | ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 | "ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000" | 42 usc 101 note | 106-545 | 114 Stat 2721 | N | short title at beginning of statute; ICCVAM is not spelled out in title -- S 3 spells it out as Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods | ||||
HITECH Act | Acrostic | HITECH Act | "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act" or "HITECH Act" | 42 USC 201 note | 111-5, div A, title XIII and div B, title IV | 123 Stat 226 | Y | short title at beginning of Title XIII | ||||
Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | Sponsor | Smoot-Burton Act (British War Debt) | NO short title | Sen. Reed Smoot, (R-UT); Sen. Theodore Elijah Burton, (R-OH) | ch 146, 42 Stat 1325 | X |
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000644; http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001159 |
nothing in statute | ||||
National Housing Act | Description | National Housing Act | "National Housing Act" | 12 USC 1701 | Ch. 847, 48 Stat 1246 | |||||||
Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | Description | Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act | "Liqor Law Repeal and Enforcement Act" | 27 USC 122 | Ch. 740, 49 Stat 872 | |||||||
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | Sponsor | Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act | NO short title | Rep. John Dingell (Sr.)(D-MI) and Sen. Edwin Johnson (D-CO) | 16 USC 777 (note) | 64 Stat 430 | Y |
Dingell - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000354; Johnson - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127; http://www.dcnr.state.al.us/research-mgmt/sport-fish.cfm |
statutized as "Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act" by S. 101(c ) of 114 Stat 1762 | |||
NAFTA Worker Security Act | Abbreviation | NAFTA Worker Security Act | "NAFTA Worker Security Act" | 19 USC 2101 | 103-182, title V, subtitle A, S 501 et seq | 107 Stat 2149 | N | short title at beginning of statute; no specification of what NAFTA stands for, although it's obvious that it's the North American Free Trade Agreement | ||||
Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | Acrostic | Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act | "Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act" | 26 USC 1 note | 109-227 | 120 Stat 385 | Y | short title at beginning of statute; the obvious acronym is not listed in the PNT |